OXA-134, a naturally occurring carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D beta-lactamase from Acinetobacter lwoffii

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Dec;54(12):5372-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00629-10. Epub 2010 Sep 13.

Abstract

Acinetobacter lwoffii, a species whose natural habitat is the human skin, intrinsically possesses a chromosomal gene encoding a carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamase, OXA-134. This species may therefore constitute a reservoir for carbapenemase genes that may spread among other Acinetobacter species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter / enzymology*
  • Acinetobacter / genetics
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Proteins / classification
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Carbapenems / metabolism*
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • beta-Lactamases / chemistry
  • beta-Lactamases / classification
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*
  • beta-Lactams / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Carbapenems
  • beta-Lactams
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/HQ122933